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Revision as of 22:43, 9 October 2008
Several tools called game engines are available for game designers to easily code a game quickly without building from the ground up.
Free open-source engines
These game engines are open-source free software:
- Agar (engine) – A high-level graphical application framework used by 2D and 3D computer games
- Allegro library – A free crossplatform C/C++ game programming library, provides functions for graphics, sounds, input, timers, fixed and floating point, 3d, compressed datafile and a GUI.
- Game Blender – flexible node based game logic engine blender 3d
- Boom – A port of the Doom source code by TeamTNT
- ClanLib – A free cross-platform (including Mac OS X), object-oriented C++ game programming library.
- Crystal Entity Layer – An extension of the Crystal Space 3D Engine
- Crystal Space – A general framework for developing 3D applications
- Cube – Powers the computer game of the same name
- DarkPlaces – Heavily modified version of quake engine which supports modern graphics
- Delta3d – Integrates other well-known free software projects into an easy-to-use API, originally developed by the U.S. Navy
- Doom engine – The now free software engine originally used for the hugely popular Doom and Doom II
- DXFramework – A simple, pedagogical 2D/3D DirectX-based game engine for Visual Studio
- Eternity Engine – A source port of the Doom engine
- Exult – A free software reimplementation of the Ultima VII game engine
- FIFE – A free software 2.5D isometric game engine.
- GZDoom – A source port of the Doom engine based on ZDoom
- GemRB – A free software implementation of the Infinity Engine
- Genesis3D – A real-time 3D engine for Windows
- Genesis Device Is a powerful LGPL engine
- id Tech 2 – Formerly known as the Quake II engine, the original open-source engine from id Software
- id Tech 3 – Formerly known as the Quake III engine, the original open-source engine from id Software
- ioquake3 – An updated fork of the GPL'ed id Tech 3 engine
- Irrlicht Engine – A cross-platform and lightweight three dimensional graphics engine.
- jMonkeyEngine – An open-source, BSD licensed Java scenegraph engine.
- Jogre – A Java based client/server game engine and API for online real time games such as chess, checkers, etc.
- KallistiOS – A free, BSD licensed development library for the Sega Dreamcast, by Dan Potter.
- Lightfeather 3D Engine - A cross-platform, zlib licensed, real-time 3D graphics engine.
- Nebula Device – A realtime 3D game engine developed by German game studio Radon Labs.
- OGE - Open Game Engine - A cross-platform open source engine combining the components used to make games.
- OGRE Engine – A very popular object-oriented graphics rendering engine. Also called OGRE3D
- ORX - A portable, lightweight and data-driven 2D-oriented game engine.
- Panda3D – A relatively easy to use python-driven game engine made by Carnegie Mellon University. Disney uses it to produce some of their games.
- PLIB – A game engine – includes 3D, Audio, Music, GUI, Window manager and is portable Linux/Windows/Mac OS X.
- ProQuake – A modified Quake engine
- Quake engine – The original open-source engine from id Software
- RealmForge – An open-source game engine for the Microsoft .NET Framework, predecessor to Visual3D.NET.
- Retribution Engine – A game engine to make first person shooter games
- Sauerbraten – A upgraded engine forked from the Cube engine
- Spring - a full 3D free/open source RTS game engine
- Stratagus – A cross-platform real time strategy game engine
- Xilon Engine II - An open source game engine developed under Visual Basic .NET.
Freeware engines
These engines are available for free use, but without the source code being available under an open source license. Many of these engines are commercial products which have a free edition available for them:
- Adventure Game Studio – Mainly used to develop third-person pre-rendered adventure games, this engine is one of the most popular for developing amateur adventure games.
- Build engine – A first-person shooter engine used to power Duke Nukem 3D
- BYOND – Short for "Build Your Own Net Dream." 2D system suitable for producing a variety of styles of game. Programming, drawing etc. are all done using a single IDE, making the system easy to use.
- dim3 – Freeware 3D javascript engine for the Mac (although finished games are cross platform).
- DX Studio – Real-time professional 3D engine and editing suite produced by Worldweaver Ltd
- Flatredball – A 2.5D XNA and MDX game engine.
- Game Blender – A sub-application of Blender for creating games
- Game Maker Lite – Object-oriented game development software with a relatively complex scripting language as well as a drag-and-drop interface
- Jogre - (Java Online Gaming Real-time Engine) - Open sourced Java based multiplayer gaming engine.
- M.U.G.E.N – A 2D fighting game engine
- Panda3D – (Releases prior to May 28, 2008) A relatively easy to use python-driven game engine made by Carnegie Mellon University. Disney uses it to produce some of their games.
- PhyreEngine - A cross platform (PC & PS3) graphics engine from Sony Computer Entertainment.
- World Builder – A pre-Mac OS X game engine.
- Wintermute Engine – A runtime and development tools for creating 2D and 2.5D point'n'click adventure games.
Commercial engines
- Aurora Engine – For Role-playing games
- Blade3D - easy to use toolset mostly targeting Indies, for XNA based games that run on Windows and XBox360.
- BRender – A real-time 3D graphics engine for computer games, simulators and graphic tools
- C4 Engine – An emerging next-generation computer game engine created by Eric Lengyel
- Coldstone game engine – An old game creation suite for Macintosh/Windows to create role-playing or adventure-style games
- CryEngine, CryEngine 2 – The game engine used for the first-person shooter computer game Far Cry. CryEngine 2 is a new generation engine developed by Crytek to create the FPS game Crysis.
- Crystal Tools – Square Enix's proprietary seventh generation game engine.
- Dagor Engine 3 – A high-tech cross-platform game engine (3D, physics, game logic) with rich toolset for content development
- id Tech 4 – (Also known as Doom 3 engine) Used by the games Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey and Quake Wars (Will become Open Source at a later date)[1]
- id Tech 5 - Currently in development by id Software as engine for their games, Doom 4 and Rage, and as a general purpose engine to be licensed
- DX Studio – Engine and editing suite that allows rapid creation of real-time games and simulations
- Earth-4 Engine – The graphics engine used in Earth 2160
- Electron engine – Currently in development by Obsidian Entertainment for their game Neverwinter Nights 2, based on the Aurora engine
- Elflight Engine – High-performance cross-platform 3D streaming game engine designed from the ground up for use over the Web. Games can play in a web browser window, in a separate window or full-screen. Java and OpenGL based.
- Enigma Engine – A real-time tactics game engine, used in Blitzkrieg.
- Euphoria – A real-time motion synthesis engine by NaturalMotion
- Explorations – 2D MMO creator
- FPS Creator - A game engine by The Game Creators. It lets the user create their own First Person Shooter without any knowledge of scripts.
- Frostbite Engine – Game engine used for the next-gen title Battlefield: Bad Company
- Gamebryo – A cross-platform game runtime engine and associated tools coded in C++
- Gamestudio (A7) – The engine behind the Gamestudio Authoring system
- Glacier, Glacier2 – Developed by IO Interactive and used for the Hitman series of games. Glacier2 being a new generation engine currently in development for upcoming games.[citation needed]
- GrimE - Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games starting with Grim Fandango
- Havok – High-tech cross-platform (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 etc) middleware engine
- HeroEngine - 3D game engine by Simutronics for building MMOs in a live collaborative environment
- IMUSE – Specifically designed to synchronize music with visual action
- INSANE – Used in LucasArts games
- Infinity Engine – Allows the creation of isometric computer role-playing games
- Jade engine – Developed by Ubisoft, originally for Beyond Good & Evil
- Jedi – A game engine developed by LucasArts for Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws
- Kaneva Game Platform – A full featured MMOG engine for independent and professional game development
- Kinetica - A game engine developed by Sony for PlayStation 2.
- Leadwerks Engine - Leadwerks Engine is a high-performance 3D engine for rendering, sound, and physics in real-time games and simulations.
- Lithtech – A competing alternative to the id Tech and Unreal engines.
- Lithtech Jupiter Ex – A new generation Lithtech engine developed by Monolith Productions to create the game F.E.A.R.
- Medusa – A C++ 3D game engine developed by Palestar and used in the DarkSpace MMO. It features distributed world simulation, single tool version control and asset realisation, cross-platform compatibility and an integrated client/server network system.
- Monumental Technology Suite – A MMOG platform, including server and client technology and development / live management tools.
- Multimedia Fusion 2 – Full featured very easy to use 2D game development system.
- Multiverse Network – An MMOG platform, including server, client, and tools. (Free for development and use — revenue sharing upon commercial deployment).
- Offset Engine – In development, being used to create fantasy FPS Project Offset (working title)
- Odyssey Engine – Used to create three dimensional computer role-playing games, used in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Onyx Engine – Developed by Ubisoft
- Quest3D A game engine and full real-time 3D development platform. Used in for instance AudioSurf.
- RAGE – A game engine created by Rockstar Games to power their upcoming video games on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Implemented in Grand Theft Auto 4.
- Realm Crafter Standard Edition – A 3D MMORPG specific game engine with an easy click-and-drop design. Easy to learn scripting language.
- Realm Crafter Pro Edition – A 3D MMORPG specific game engine with an easy click-and-drop design. Easy to learn scripting language with DirectX 9 graphics engine, a completely rewritten C++ client and server, and a new game editor for high performance modern graphics with customizable shaders.
- RelentENGINE – A next-generation FPS engine supporting massive destroyable city environments and realistic vehicle control, makes extensive use of shader model 3.
- RenderWare – A very popular 3D API and graphics rendering engine
- Revolution3D – A 3D graphics engine developed by X-Dream Project
- RPG Maker XP – A 2D engine to make top-down and isometric-style role-playing games for Windows.
- SAGE engine – Used to create real-time strategy games
- SCUMM engine – Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games
- Serious Engine – The engine by Croteam used in the epic Serious Sam: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter
- Shark 3D – A middleware from Spinor for computer, video games and realtime 3D applications
- ShiVa - A game engine with an authoring tool to produce 3d real time applications for Windows, Mac OS X and mobile device
- Silent Storm engine – A turn-based tactics/tactical RPG game engine, used in Silent Storm.
- Sith – A game engine developed by LucasArts for Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
- Source engine – A game engine developed by Valve Software for Half-Life 2
- Torque Game Engine – A modified version of a 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2
- Torque Game Engine Advanced – A next-generation 3D game engine support modern GPU hardware and shaders.
- TOSHI – A fourth generation cross platform game engine designed by Blue Tongue Entertainment
- Truevision3d – A 3D game engine using the DirectX API
- Unigine – Cross-platform middleware engine
- Unity – An easy-to-use open-ended 3D game/interactive software engine for web, Windows, Mac OS X, and Nintendo Wii
- Unreal Engine – One of the most popular game engines for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
- Vengeance engine – A video game engine based on the Unreal Engine 2/2.5
- Vicious Engine – Available for Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation Portable
- Virtools – A 3D engine combined with unique high-level development framework, used for game prototyping and rapid developments. Available for Windows, Macintosh, Xbox, PSP
- Visual3D.NET Game Engine - All-in-One 3D game engine and toolset, fully written in C#/.NET for Windows and Xbox360.
- WGAF – The game engine developed by Guild Software which powers their MMORPG Vendetta Online
- XnGine – Developed by Bethesda Softworks, one of the first true 3D engines
- X-Ray Engine - A 3D engine with advanced AI abilities developed by GSC Game World for their Oblivion Lost project (later renamed to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl).[citation needed]